The Property of a Gentleman [EMERSON, RALPH WALD] The Offering. Cambridge: Hilliard & Brown, 1829 16mo. 4 lithographed plates by John Pendleton (2nd state of frontispiece); some foxing. Original red roan binding, spine gilt-lettered, all edges gilt; minor rubbing and soiling, upper joint split. In custom clamshell case. First edition, Emerson's first book appearance This literary annual contains Emerson’s poem “Fame,” his prose sketch “An Extract . . .” (and, possibly by him, the poem “William Rufus and the Jew”); it contains Oliver Wendell Holmes’ two poems, “The Lover’s Return” and “Burial of a Maiden at Sea.”These are the first appearances in print of both authors; fewer than half-a-dozen copies seem to be known. REFERENCE: BAL 3099, 5173, & 8715
The Property of a Gentleman [EMERSON, RALPH WALD] The Offering. Cambridge: Hilliard & Brown, 1829 16mo. 4 lithographed plates by John Pendleton (2nd state of frontispiece); some foxing. Original red roan binding, spine gilt-lettered, all edges gilt; minor rubbing and soiling, upper joint split. In custom clamshell case. First edition, Emerson's first book appearance This literary annual contains Emerson’s poem “Fame,” his prose sketch “An Extract . . .” (and, possibly by him, the poem “William Rufus and the Jew”); it contains Oliver Wendell Holmes’ two poems, “The Lover’s Return” and “Burial of a Maiden at Sea.”These are the first appearances in print of both authors; fewer than half-a-dozen copies seem to be known. REFERENCE: BAL 3099, 5173, & 8715
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